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In the Sephardic tradition, a “marriage contract” (ketubah), a symbolic betrothal of God and Israel, is read before the Torah reading on the first day of the holiday of Shavuot
Contributor:
Israel Najara
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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The study program of this night has already been published and made known to the multitudes through the pamphlets that have been disseminated. And this custom has been disseminated throughout all of…
Contributor:
Jan Luyken, Isaiah Horowitz
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
ca. 1623